Traditional Chinese Medicine

Emily and I just got back from one of our favorite annual events: The Tucson International Gem and Mineral Show.  For those of you who are not familiar with this event, it is the largest gathering of gem, mineral and fossil dealers from around the world. It takes over the better part of the city of Tucson, Arizona for a month every year around this time (for Miami locals- think ‘Art Basel for Gems and Crystals’).  Dealers set up exhibitions in convention centers, meeting halls and hotels. Some o…

Having been in the medical field since 1999, I’ve seen a lot of chronic pain.  Pain interferes with activities of daily living and makes it harder to deal with everyday stress.  Frozen shoulder is a particularly common pain problem that we can treat at Miami Beach Comprehensive Wellness Center.  Frozen shoulder is the layman’s term for “Adhesive Capsulitis.”  Adhesive Capsulitis occurs when excessive scar tissue forms in the glenohumeral joint of the shoulder, leading to a limited range of motio…